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employed it in tbe year 1880": Cash Point, Lincoln County. "In ex- 

 ceptional cases ; it has not been introduced extensively": Muddy Creek, 

 Loudon County. "It is; farmers buy it at Knoxville," Unitia, Loudon 

 County. "Yes; four farmers used 80 tons in 1880; they bought it at 

 Ivnoxville": Wave Hill, Union County. "Yes; about twenty-live men 

 used 500 pounds in 1880; it was obtained at Richmond, Va.": Fain's, 

 Washington County. There are 589 negative reports from Tennessee. 



8. WashinGtTON. — "It is by those living near the sound " : Kamilche, 

 IVIason County. " Carcasses of dogfish and the refuse of herring fish- 

 eries are used by gardeners on Fillalgo Island " : Artondale, Pierce 

 County. "Yes; a little": Sumner, Pierce County. "In some eases": 

 Lowell, Snohomish County. "In some cases; as a rule, our farmera 

 have not utilized fish guano": Olympia, Thurston County. "In limited 

 quantities; from Cypress Island fisheries": Anacortes, Whatcom 

 County. " There has been little fish scrap used by a few with good 

 results": Fidalgo, Whatcom County. "It is": Semiahmoo, Whatcom 

 County. There have 121 negative reports been received from Wash- 

 ington. 



9. West Virginia. — "A little from Delaware" : Cajwn Bridge, Hamp- 

 shire County. "About two tons were used in 1880, being obtained from 

 Winchester, Va.": Dillon's Eun, Hampshire County. "About one- 

 fourth of all guano used here is fish guano; nearly all farmers use some 

 kind of guano; it is obtained from Winchester, Va.": Hanging Eock, 

 Hampshire County. At IMutton Eun and other places in Hampshire 

 County there is also evidence of the use of fish guano. "Fish guano is 

 but little used here, though I have seen it occasionally in the market:" 

 Kendalia, Kanawha County. "In 1880 six farmers used about five 

 sacks each of fish guano obtained in Baltimore": Eacoon, Preston 

 County. There are also affirmative answers from Crump's Bottom, 

 Summers County, and from Kanawha Station, Wood County. There 

 are 381 negative reports from all parts of the State. 



10. Wisconsin, — "There has been considerable fish guano used in 

 this county; it is a valuable fertilizer in Bailey's Harbor, Gibraltar, 

 Jacksonport, and Sturgeon Bay; they have used the culled fish with 

 great success for several years past, but in 1880 the fishermen found 

 market for most all kinds of fish : " Ellison Bay, Door County. " Yes : " 

 Naugart, Marathon County. "The offal of the fisheries is utilized to 

 some extent by the farmers near by" : Menekaunee, Marinette County. 

 Seven hundred and forty-two negative reports are on file from this 

 State. 



III. In seventeen States a somewhat extensive use of fish guano is 

 reported. Assuming that the percentage of Territory corresponds with 

 the percentage of affirmative and of negative replies to the question,, 

 the use of fish guano would extend over — 



1. 18 per cent, of the territory of Pennsylvania. ' 



2. 24 per cent, of the territory of New York. 



